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Adobe Audition CC : classroom in a book: the official training workbook from Adobe systems.

Contributor(s): Adobe Systems.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Classroom in a book.Publisher: San Jose, California : Adobe Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: viii, 294 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780321929532 (paperback); 0321929535 (paperback).Subject(s): Adobe Audition | Digital audio editorsDDC classification: 621.3893
Contents:
Getting started -- Audio interfacing -- The audition environment -- Basic editing -- Signal processing -- Audio restoration -- Mastering -- Sound design -- Creating and recording files -- Multitrack editor orientation -- The multitrack mixer view -- Editing clips -- Creating music with sound libraries -- Recording in the multitrack editor -- Automation -- Mixing -- Audio/video applications.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 621.3893 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available MTU Cork Module MMED 6030 - Core reading. MTU Cork Module JOUR 9003 - Core reading. 00161733
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Audition CC

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does--an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Adobe Audition CC Classroom in a Book contains 15 lessons (and one bonus lesson on www.peachpit.com) that cover the basics, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.

Purchasing this book gives you access to the downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book, and to electronic book updates covering new features that Adobe releases for Creative Cloud customers. For
access, go to www.peachpit.com/redeem and redeem the unique code provided inside this book.

"The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-bystep instructions, and the project files forthe students."

Barbara Binder,
Adobe Certified Instructor
Rocky Mountain Training

Includes index.

Getting started -- Audio interfacing -- The audition environment -- Basic editing -- Signal processing -- Audio restoration -- Mastering -- Sound design -- Creating and recording files -- Multitrack editor orientation -- The multitrack mixer view -- Editing clips -- Creating music with sound libraries -- Recording in the multitrack editor -- Automation -- Mixing -- Audio/video applications.

CIT Module MMED 6032 - Core reading.

CIT Module JOUR 9003 - Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Getting Started (p. 1)
  • About Classroom in a Book (p. 2)
  • What's in this book (p. 2)
  • Prerequisites (p. 3)
  • Installing Adobe Audition (p. 3)
  • Starting Adobe Audition (p. 4)
  • Accessing the Classroom in a Book files (p. 4)
  • Restoring default preferences (p. 5)
  • Additional resources (p. 5)
  • Audition and social media (p. 5)
  • Adobe certification (p. 7)
  • 1 Audio Interfacing (p. 8)
  • Audio interface basics (p. 10)
  • Mac OS X audio setup (p. 11)
  • Windows setup (p. 14)
  • Testing inputs and outputs with Audition (Mac or Windows) (p. 17)
  • Using external interfaces (p. 19)
  • 2 The Audition Environment (p. 22)
  • Audition's dual personality (p. 24)
  • The Audition Workspace (p. 25)
  • Navigation (p. 35)
  • 3 Basic Editing (p. 46)
  • Opening a file for editing (p. 48)
  • Selecting a region for editing and changing its level (p. 48)
  • Cutting, deleting, and pasting audio regions (p. 49)
  • Cutting and pasting with multiple clipboards (p. 52)
  • Extending and shortening musical selections (p. 54)
  • Simultaneous mixing and pasting (p. 56)
  • Repeating part of a waveform to create a loop (p. 56)
  • Showing waveform data under the cursor (p. 58)
  • Fading regions to reduce artifacts (p. 58)
  • 4 Signal Processing (p. 62)
  • Effects basics (p. 64)
  • Using the Effects Rack (p. 64)
  • Amplitude and Compression effects (p. 69)
  • Delay and echo effects (p. 80)
  • Filter and EQ effects (p. 82)
  • Modulation effects (p. 88)
  • Noise reduction/restoration (p. 91)
  • Reverb effects (p. 91)
  • Special effects (p. 95)
  • Stereo imagery effects (p. 101)
  • Time and Pitch effect (p. 103)
  • Third-party effects (VST and AU) (p. 106)
  • Using the Effects menu (p. 108)
  • Managing presets (p. 115)
  • 5 Audio Restoration (p. 118)
  • About audio restoration (p. 120)
  • Reducing hiss (p. 120)
  • Reducing crackles (p. 122)
  • Reducing pops and clicks (p. 123)
  • Reducing broadband noise (p. 124)
  • De-humming a file (p. 126)
  • Removing artifacts (p. 127)
  • Manual artifact removal (p. 129)
  • Alternate click removal (p. 130)
  • Sound removal (p. 131)
  • 6 Mastering (p. 134)
  • Mastering basics (p. 136)
  • Step 1 equalization (p. 136)
  • Step 2 dynamics (p. 138)
  • Step 3 ambience (p. 139)
  • Step 4 stereo imaging (p. 140)
  • Step 5 "push" the drum hits; then apply the changes (p. 141)
  • Mastering diagnostics (p. 142)
  • 7 Sound Design (p. 148)
  • About sound design (p. 150)
  • Creating rain sounds (p. 150)
  • Creating a babbling brook (p. 152)
  • Creating insects at night (p. 152)
  • Creating an alien choir (p. 153)
  • Creating sci-fi machine effects (p. 154)
  • Creating an alien drone flyby (p. 156)
  • Extracting frequency bands (p. 158)
  • 8 Creating and Recording Files (p. 162)
  • Recording into the Waveform Editor (p. 164)
  • Recording into the Multitrack Editor (p. 167)
  • Checking remaining free space (p. 169)
  • Drag-and-dropping into an Audition Editor (p. 170)
  • Importing tracks as individual files from an audio CD (p. 172)
  • Importing tracks as a single file from an audio CD (p. 173)
  • Saving a template (p. 173)
  • 9 Multitrack Editor Orientation (p. 176)
  • About multitrack production (p. 178)
  • Multitrack and Waveform Editor integration (p. 178)
  • Changing track colors (p. 180)
  • Loop selections for playback (p. 181)
  • Track controls (p. 181)
  • Channel mapping in the Multitrack Editor (p. 191)
  • Side-chaining effects (p. 193)
  • 10 The Multitrack Mixer View (p. 196)
  • Mixer view basics (p. 198)
  • 11 Editing Clips (p. 206)
  • Creating a DJ-style continuous music mix (mixtape) with crossfading (p. 208)
  • Mixing or exporting a collection of clips as a single file (p. 210)
  • Selecting and merging all clips in a track into a single file (p. 211)
  • Editing for length (p. 212)
  • Clip edits: Split, Trim, Volume (p. 217)
  • Extending a clip via looping (p. 220)
  • 12 Creating Music with Sound Libraries (p. 222)
  • About sound libraries (p. 224)
  • Getting started (p. 224)
  • Building a rhythm track (p. 226)
  • Adding percussion (p. 228)
  • Adding melodic elements (p. 229)
  • Using loops with different pitch and tempo (p. 230)
  • Adding effects (p. 232)
  • 13 Recording in the Multitrack Editor (p. 234)
  • Getting ready to record a track (p. 236)
  • Setting up the metronome (p. 237)
  • Recording a part in a track (p. 239)
  • Recording an additional part (overdub) (p. 239)
  • "Punching" over a mistake (p. 240)
  • Composite recording (p. 241)
  • 14 Automation (p. 246)
  • About automation (p. 248)
  • Clip automation (p. 248)
  • Track automation (p. 253)
  • 15 Mixing (p. 262)
  • About mixing (p. 264)
  • Testing your acoustics (p. 264)
  • The mixing process (p. 267)
  • Exporting a stereo mix of the song (p. 284)
  • Burning an audio CD of the song (p. 285)
  • Exporting to SoundCloud (p. 285)
  • Index (p. 288)
  • Bonus Lesson 16 Can Be Downloaded From the Lesson & Update Files Tab on Your Peachpit Account Page
  • 16 Audio/Video Applications (p. BL-2)
  • Importing a video (p. BL-4)
  • Automatic Speech Alignment (p. BL-5)
  • Audition integration with Adobe Premiere Pro (p. BL-7)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

The Adobe Creative Team is made up of designers, writers, and editors who have extensive, real-world knowledge of and expertise in using Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and more experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.